| THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT | | |
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I LIKE HOW SOME FOLKS TAKE OTHER PEOPLES CULTURE AFTER THEY WIPED IT OUT RELEASED IT TO THE AIR THEY SEEM TO ACQUIRE IT WITH NO TROUBLE AT ALL BURNING THEIR CANDLES THEY CAN'T LEAVE IT THERE WHERE IT'S NEEDED NOW THEY CLAIM IT'S THEIR ORIGINAL IDEA THESE EUROPEANS WITH THEIR NEW AGE AND SAGE TALKIN' ABOUT INDIANS TALKIN' ABOUT BLACK UNITY BUT NEVER ONCE TALKIN' 'BOUT THE MADNESS THEY DO TO ME THEY CAN'T BEAT IT NOW THEY STAND WITH THEIR HANDS ON THEIR HIPS AND DECLARE WE NEVER WILL STOP YOU CAN'T TAKE US THERE TO THAT PLACE WHERE REALITY PUT OUT A FEELER TO SEE WHO IS DYING AND WHO IS A HEALER WHO WAKES UP IN THE MORNING AND THEN HEADS DOWNTOWN AND WHO WAKES UP AT NIGHT AND MAKES THE OLD SOUNDS WHO LISTENS TO RAP AND HEARS THE BLUE VOICE AND WHO SAYS TURN IT DOWN IT MAKES TOO MUCH NOISE I HAVE TO HAVE PEACE TO DO MY OWN THING I HAVE TO GO TO THE BEACH WHERE THE NEW AGERS SWING I HAVE TO GET AWAY TO TAKE CARE OF MY HEALTH I HAVE DO THIS FOR ME 'CAUSE I CARE ABOUT MYSELF A-HA! IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOURSELF WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF 'EM THOSE OF US THAT MUST LIVE THOUGH YA'LL GOT THE BEST OF 'EM ALL THE GOOD PRESENTS HAVE GONE TO YOU YOUR FREEDOM YOUR JUSTICE PLUS VACATIONS TOO YOU THINK ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY AND YOU JUST WANT MORE BUT YOUR PRICE IS TOO HIGH FOR THIS LOW CLASSED WHORE 'CAUSE I AM FROM AFRICA I AM YOUR ALIEN I'M THE MANIPULATOR OF ALL THAT YOU'RE SAILIN' IN MADE ME A SLAVE I DON'T GIVE A DAMN I STILL WILL BE BRAVE AND DECLARE WHO I AM DESIGNER OF PYRAMIDS INDIAN SCHOLAR ORIGINATOR OF THE FUNK THAT MAKES YOU FOOLS HOLLER DESCENDANT OF MARTIN AND
FIGHTIN' FOR TRUTH AND THE BLACKS TORN APART AND ALL OF THE INDIANS THAT CARE FOR THE EARTH IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY MY FRIENDS THESE FOOLS GOT SOME NERVE ©All text is copyrighted and may be reproduced only with the express permission of the artist, all profits from reprint, transmission, etc., are the property of the author. Thank you.... |